When can Arsenal win Premier League title?

 Arsenal will, this week, discover if their 22-year wait to win the Premier League title is successful or not after the latest twist in their thrilling fight with Manchester City.

The Gunners had crucially wrestled back the initiative from Pep Guardiola’s domestic treble chasers in recent weeks having lost 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium in a crunch clash last month, winning all their games since then and also progressing past Atletico Madrid into the Champions League final, where they will meet reigning French champions and holders Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest on May 30.

Nervy 1-0 triumphs over Newcastle and West Ham - the latter featuring no shortage of VAR controversy - were sandwiched between a far more comfortable victory against Fulham, with Arsenal going back to the top-flight summit and opening up a five-point lead as City could only salvage a last-gasp draw in a six-goal thriller against Everton.

But that was always in the knowledge that City possessed in their pocket a game in hand at home to Crystal Palace, which was eventually rearranged for Wednesday night after their FA Cup progress.

It was must-win territory for Guardiola’s men against a Palace side sitting down in 15th place and with one eye firmly fixed on the Conference League final.

However, Arsenal fans appeared to be given hope of another stumble after the City boss made six changes from Saturday’s 3-0 win over Brentford amid a brutal fixture schedule to end the season ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup final showdown with Chelsea at Wembley - with the likes of Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki all left on the bench.

Jean-Philippe Mateta thought he had scored early on for a Palace team who made four changes during their own hectic schedule, with the visitors looking more threatening on the break to start with despite City monopolising possession and territory in trademark fashion.

It was all too slow and ponderous for half an hour amid a subdued atmosphere at a rainy Etihad, until Phil Foden burst into life with a sensational backheel to release Antoine Semenyo, who fired beyond Dean Henderson.

That eased any sense of lingering tension and City doubled their lead before the break when Foden was again the provider for Omar Marmoush’s deflected strike.

An animated Guardiola was not happy at all with his side’s second-half efforts, until Savinho finished smartly after a fine run and assist from substitute Cherki to wrap up a commanding victory and put City’s goal difference marginally ahead of Arsenal’s (now +43 compared to +42 for the leaders).

When can Arsenal win Premier League title after Gunners beat Burnley?

City’s 3-0 defeat of Crystal Palace meant that Arsenal could no longer seal the title when they hosted already relegated Burnley in their final home match of the season at the Emirates Stadium on Monday, a game that was pushed back a day for television coverage.

Instead, the Gunners will hope that City do not win away against Champions League-chasing Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium after the Gunners did what they had to do in beating Burnley 1-0.

The only scenario that will now see the title decided before the final day is if City have any kind of slip-up on the south coast. City cannot hope to win it before the final day.

In the scenario that both teams win their next games, Arsenal would carry a two-point advantage into their final-day trip to face a Palace side at Selhurst Park who may be distracted by the prospect of their first European final, which takes place only three days later against Rayo Vallecano in Leipzig.